{"id":50,"date":"2017-02-12T21:07:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T21:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cliffnordman.com\/blog\/?p=50"},"modified":"2019-02-26T11:32:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T11:32:36","slug":"crusher-the-emotionless-barbarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cliffnordman.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/12\/crusher-the-emotionless-barbarian\/","title":{"rendered":"Crusher, the emotionless Barbarian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pathfinder’s Android<\/a> race has two features that are very interesting to Barbarians<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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  1. Immune to morale bonuses.\u00a0 The stat buffs from rage are morale bonuses.<\/li>\n
  2. Immune to fatigue.\u00a0 Ending Rage makes Barbarians fatigued, and they can’t enter rage again until the fatigue wears off.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Combining these two makes an interesting Barbarian who does not get stat bonuses, but can use powerful “once per rage” abilities every round, by beginning and ending rage every round.<\/p>\n

    At first I pursued the robot theme by selecting the Savage Technologist<\/a> archetype, which has the appealing pistol + sword fighting style. Using a pistol in melee without provoking AOOs sounds great, but reloading still provokes, and reloading requires a free hand, which Crusher doesn’t have because he’s holding a sword. \u00a0 It was too much trouble.<\/p>\n

    Strength Surge<\/a> adds barbarian level to one CMB check, so I looked for a combat maneuver to specialize in.\u00a0 The Brutal Pugilist<\/a> archetype and Animal Fury<\/a> rage power reward grappling, so I built a grappler. I chose level 7 because that’s when Greater Grapple<\/a> becomes available, which lets me make two grapple checks per round.\u00a0 Since Androids get a bonus to Dexterity, Crusher uses Dexterity instead of Strength for all his rolls.\u00a0 (Maybe the three feats aren’t worth the slightly higher numbers, but I’m tired of doing math.)<\/p>\n

    The average CMD for a CR 7 enemy is 26, so Crusher succeeds on a 2.\u00a0 Each time he maintains a grapple, he bites, and he can choose to deal damage when he maintains a grapple, so he can bite up to four times in one round. He can also reliably tie up foes with an escape DC in the 40s.<\/p>\n

    His defenses are fine.\u00a0 23 AC will stop 60% of attacks.\u00a0 Alas, the -2 AC penalty from rage is not\u00a0 a morale penalty, so it still applies.\u00a0 He’s immune to a number of status effects and has bonuses against others, including mind-effecting, the worst kind of save for a melee monster to fail.<\/p>\n

    Crusher<\/strong>
    \nMale Android Barbarian (Brutal Pugilist) 7
    \nN Medium humanoid, construct
    \nInit +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +13<\/p>\n

    DEFENSE<\/strong>
    \n AC<\/strong> 23, touch 14, flat-footed 18 (+7 Armor, +5 DEX, +2 shield, +1 deflect -2 rage)
    \n hp<\/strong> 76 (7d12+28)
    \nFort +10, Ref +10, Will +5 (+4 vs. Mind-effecting, paralysis, poison, stun)
    \n Defensive Abilities<\/strong> DR 1\/–, Immune<\/strong> disease, sleep, fear, emotion, fatigue, exhaustion
    \n OFFENSE<\/strong>
    \nSpeed<\/strong> 40 ft.
    \nMelee<\/strong> unarmed strike +14\/+9 1d4+6 (19-20\/x2), bite +8 1d4+3
    \nRanged<\/strong> MW composite longbow +14\/+9 1d8 (x3)
    \nSpecial Attacks<\/strong> rage (19 rounds\/day), rage powers (animal fury, strength surge +7, brawler)<\/p>\n

    STATISTICS<\/strong>
    \nStr<\/strong> 10, Dex<\/strong> 22, Con<\/strong> 16, Int<\/strong> 9, Wis<\/strong> 12, Cha<\/strong> 6
    \n Base<\/strong> Atk +7; CMB<\/strong> 13 (+5 grapple); CMD<\/strong> 24 (+3 vs. grapple)
    \n Feats<\/strong> Agile Maneuvers, Improved Grapple, Greater Grapple, Weapon Finesse
    \n Skills<\/strong> 11 skill points Perception +13, Acrobatics +12
    \n Languages<\/strong> Common
    \n SQ<\/strong> fast movement, Pit Fighter (+1 grapple CMB, +1 grapple CMD), Improved Savage Grapple
    \n Gear:<\/strong> +1 Mithral Breastplate, +1 Buckler, Cloak of Resistance +2, Ring of Protection +1, Belt of DEX +2, Agile Amulet of Mighty Fists, MW cold iron Cestus, MW alchemical silver Cestus, MW Composite Longbow, 4x50ft silk rope, 2x potion of Fly, 40x arrows, 20x blunt arrows, barbarian’s kit<\/p>\n